Residents want better communication with city leaders and a review of the Red Hat Amphitheater’s future. This echoes a pattern of residents and business owners feeling less secure about the current leadership’s decisions.
As everyone knows, you can’t have walkability without shade tree coverage. Trees are the core of environmental relief and make simple things like waiting for a bus or strolling down a sidewalk pathway more comfortable. However, in Raleigh, there are many factors that contribute to tree loss and prohibit the return of medium and large tree replacements.
How will Raleigh candidates respond to questions of voter concerns, including the declining confidence in Council and the rising pain of growth impacts? Livable Raleigh believes that engaging voters and candidates in open and honest conversation about these questions will build trust with voters and produce broadly supported ideas and leaders for Raleigh’s future.
INDY Week, whose readers earlier this year named Livable Raleigh the Best Local Activist Group in Wake County for the third time, has published a piece detailing the upcoming City Council election. Three months out, Raleigh City Council Election Taking Shape.
Our historic fabric has been under threat for decades and is getting threadbare in areas—particularly in areas associated with the African American experience in downtown Raleigh.
I am a resident of Raleigh NC and live in an established neighborhood surrounded by rapid in-fill growth. My ability to enjoy my property has diminished immensely over the past several years due to increased noise and light pollution.